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Film Noir Master Dassin Dead at 96

American director made classic Rififi in France

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 1, 2008 7:53 AM CDT

(Newser) – Jules Dassin, a master of film noir who left Hollywood after being blacklisted, has died in an Athens hospital at the age of 96, reports the Los Angeles Times. Born to Russian Jewish immigrants in Connecticut, Dassin made such dark crime dramas as Brute Force...   Read full story »

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Another obituary of the late director
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1956 review of Rififi
New York Times

 
film • obituary • blacklist • Jules Dassin • film noir • Rififi • François Truffaut • Brute Force • The Naked City • Melina Mercouri

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